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Why Are “Others” So Polarized? Perceived Political Polarization and Media Use in 10 Countries
dc.contributor.authorYang, JungHwan
dc.contributor.authorRojas, Hernando
dc.contributor.authorWojcieszak, Magdalena
dc.contributor.authorAalberg, Toril
dc.contributor.authorCoen, Sharon
dc.contributor.authorCurran, James
dc.contributor.authorHayashi, Kaori
dc.contributor.authorIyengar, Shanto
dc.contributor.authorJones, Paul K.
dc.contributor.authorMazzoleni, Gianpietro
dc.contributor.authorPapathanassopoulos, Stylianos
dc.contributor.authorRhee, June Woong
dc.contributor.authorRowe, David
dc.contributor.authorSoroka, Stuart
dc.contributor.authorTiffen, Rodney
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-17T21:17:56Z
dc.date.available2017-11-01T15:31:29Zen
dc.date.issued2016-09
dc.identifier.citationYang, JungHwan; Rojas, Hernando; Wojcieszak, Magdalena; Aalberg, Toril; Coen, Sharon; Curran, James; Hayashi, Kaori; Iyengar, Shanto; Jones, Paul K.; Mazzoleni, Gianpietro; Papathanassopoulos, Stylianos; Rhee, June Woong; Rowe, David; Soroka, Stuart; Tiffen, Rodney (2016). "Why Are “Others” So Polarized? Perceived Political Polarization and Media Use in 10 Countries." Journal of Computer‐Mediated Communication 21(5): 349-367.
dc.identifier.issn1083-6101
dc.identifier.issn1083-6101
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/134141
dc.description.abstractThis study tests the associations between news media use and perceived political polarization, conceptualized as citizens’ beliefs about partisan divides among major political parties. Relying on representative surveys in Canada, Colombia, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States, we test whether perceived polarization is related to the use of television news, newspaper, radio news, and online news media. Data show that online news consumption is systematically and consistently related to perceived polarization, but not to attitude polarization, understood as individual attitude extremity. In contrast, the relationships between traditional media use and perceived and attitude polarization is mostly country dependent. An explanation of these findings based on exemplification is proposed and tested in an experimental design.
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.subject.otherNews
dc.subject.otherInternet
dc.subject.otherPerceived Polarization
dc.subject.otherPolitical Polarization
dc.subject.otherExemplification
dc.titleWhy Are “Others” So Polarized? Perceived Political Polarization and Media Use in 10 Countries
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelCommunication Studies
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/134141/1/jcc412166.pdf
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/134141/2/jcc412166_am.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jcc4.12166
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Computer‐Mediated Communication
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